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Nicholai of Žiča and South Canaan

Nikolaj Velimirović (January 4, 1881 – March 18, 1956) was Serbian bishop of Ohrid and Žiča. He has spent some time in Dachau concentration camp, and after the liberation he left Yugoslavia due to Communist government. He spent the reminder of his years in United States and United Kingdom. He was a prolific writer and is known as "the new Chrysostom" among the Serbs.

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